Not exact matches
Breeds don't need to be banned, but
dog owners»
irresponsible behavior should be.»
These
owners are then labeled
irresponsible because most don't understand that If your American Pit Bull Terrier really wants to chew up another
dog he will
do it the first chance he gets, with or without your encouragement.
Animal control,
do not allow the same
irresponsible owner to regain custody of a dangerous
dog.
Such laws would not be flexible enough to cover the next set of problem
dogs and would
do nothing to control
irresponsible owners.
There will always be strays on the road and too many
dogs at the animal shelter, because
irresponsible owners don't spay or neuter their pets, Paula says.
Shelters could help by posting stray pictures online, but many still don't - blaming the «
irresponsible owner» for losing their
dog.
The reality is that between puppy mills and
irresponsible owners, the misery, suffering and death is guaranteed to continue for many years to come, especially if people buy into the ridiculous notion that it's bad for your
dog to
do the humane and responsible thing and have it spayed or neutered.
In addition, even defecating in the yard, which loose
dogs often
do, can cause a neighborhood rift that will tag the uncontrolled
dog's
owner as «
irresponsible.»
In my experience, these types of leashes a.) tend to cause
dogs to act more aggressively and to pull hard on the leash; b.) are more likely to trigger a fight with another
dog since the
dog that is straining at the end of the leash looks like it is in attack mode; c.) tend to be purchased by lazy and
irresponsible dog owners who
do not train their
dogs to obey, and who tend to spoil their
dogs, causing more aggression and bratty behavior; d.) undo most of the important aspects of your obedience training and leadership over your
dog, especially obeying around distractions and coming when called, and over time they teach your
dog to charge after other
dogs, animals and even people; e.) are hard to control once the
dog is at the end of the line, and can get caught in the leashes of other
dogs, increasing the potential for a biting or attack incident; f.)
do NOT cause the
dog to get more exercise on the walk; g.) can cause a
dog to run away from you, because if you accidentally drop the leash handle, many
dogs will run from the plastic handle «chasing» them from behind and that could cause your
dog to run into traffic and die; h.) have resulted in injuries to
dogs and
owners.
I
do think Judge Goulding was correct when he wrote that «a more uniform, practical and humane method of regulating
dogs, which both preserves the safety of the public and focuses on the dangers and misdeeds of the
irresponsible dog owners would seem preferable to the status quo.»
Due to
irresponsible breeding you don't just get mix breed
dogs in shelters, if you are not prepared to get a mix breed
dogs most
dog breeds have a rescue society specific to that breed with
dogs being dumped due to things are trivial as it not suiting the
owner any more or boredom!!
Irresponsible owners who don't desex their
dogs, and people who let
dogs irresponsibly breed cause this problem.
* Breed specific legislation is ineffective as it
does not focus on the root of the problem -
irresponsible dog owners.
Other things needed to be handled this week between my workshop hours: a
dog that I adopted out who was guarding his new companion a little too well and growling at strangers, a
dog who needed to get spayed, a
dog that needs to be transported to his foster in Northern California, a
dog whose spay certificate needed to be sent to the person who physically pulled him from the shelter to prove to the shelter that we are being responsible (no person in rescue who is a real rescuer would ever miss this step of spay / neuter - it is because of
irresponsible owners who don't
do this that we end up with 4 million
dogs and cats being put down in the United States every year.
I know that is life but it never fails that the responsible
dog owners and innocent
dogs continuously are paying for the
irresponsible things other people
do with their
dogs.
Also caution prospective
dog owners not to get a puppy or kitten from
irresponsible individuals, often called backyard breeders, who typically breed just for profit and
do not practice adequate standards of care.
Previous
owners may have been
irresponsible in their approach to this training; furthermore, when the
dog was placed in the shelter it continued to
do its?
«If we want to reduce the number of
dog bites we have to address the route cause of the problem, those
irresponsible owners who
do not appropriately care for their animals.»
I sincerely hope the
irresponsible pet
owner doesn't read this post and think it's okay to NOT spay / neuter, thereby allowing their
dogs (full and mixed breed alike) to breed at will.
Irresponsible dog owners are often liable for the damage
done by their pet in violent outbursts.